Hierarchy of “Darkie”-ness of Dreams

dream small

little brown person

 

Unless you can run

fast or jump high

 

please only dream

to stay in your little mud pathed village

or to clean the toilet

to pick the tomatoes

for Americans and Europeans

 

you are not a white person

you do not get

white person dreams

 

 

stay in Africa

die in slavery

these are the dreams for you.

 

dream small

little brown person

 

yours is not expensive preschool,

best primary and secondary school

you have no right to hope

to graduate from University

and make a real difference

your job is to be a small round hole,

for a small round brown person,

like you,

to be refilled when you die

and can be replaced with another

person of very small dreams.

 

If you can’t accept this

the world, especially the white world,

the powerful world,

the world in control of

everything,

cannot accept you.

 

dream small

my little brown friend

 

tell your child to dream small

your small round brown child